%0 Journal Article
%T Donald J. Trump, the White Evangelicals, and Martin Luther: A Hypothesis
%A Jacques Berlinerblau
%J Interpretation
%@ 2159-340X
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0020964318802818
%X At first consideration, it would appear that Donald Trump would be the least likely Republican presidential candidate to win the votes of conservative white Evangelicals. And yet the thrice married, crude-talking, religiously unsophisticated, reality show star who has been accused of sexual assault won 81% of the white Evangelical vote in the 2016 presidential election. This essay explores the remote but interesting possibility that some of Martin Luther¡¯s ideas about the ¡°Christian Prince¡± may have seeped into the collective consciousness of today¡¯s Evangelicals. Luther¡¯s tractate ¡°On Secular Authority: How Far Does the Obedience Owed to it Extend?¡± meshes interestingly with how white Evangelicals conceptualize their support for President Trump
%K ¡°Christian Prince¡±
%K Church and state
%K Evangelical Christians
%K Family values
%K Luther
%K Martin
%K Moral Majority
%K President of the United States
%K Republican Party
%K Trump
%K Donald
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0020964318802818